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I’m beginning to think there’s some kind of conspiracy against the Red Wings this year.

Posted by
MsRedWinger
from the State where Tigers roam in the Spring on 06/28/11 at 09:11 PM ET

Well, if Ehrhoff really is the type of free agent who’d sign with the Islanders, I’m guessing he’s not the type of player you guys would really want in Detroit. But we’ll see; a couple days in that organization might have him running for the hills.

This has the potential to drive the price for UFA d-men waaay up, even moreso than the overpayment Markov and Bieska got. The Isles need to add like $20 mill just to get to the cap floor. The only way I see them signing him is with crazy money.

Alright wings fans calm down, you guys are starting to act like leaf/habs fans. This gonna happen with every potential free agent? Oh no Laich is gone. Oh no Erhoff is gone. Let me know somebody actually worth what they’ll be paid comes along. And no andy greene or wisniewski is not one of them. Let the Islander’s have Erhoff, though I don’t whether they’ll even sign him.

If he signs he goes from being 60 minutes away from the cup to being eliminated from the playoffs in early February lol

Posted by
Kenora_guy
from Kenora, ON on 06/29/11 at 12:07 AM ET

i hope Mike Gillis has made sure to trade Ehrhoff to an Eastern team who will actually sign him, rather than taking the best draft pick available. And if the Isles can get him signed, they’ll be contenders next year - look at their great form over the second half of last season, and then add Streit and Ehrhoff into the mix…

This has the potential to drive the price for UFA d-men waaay up, even moreso than the overpayment Markov and Bieska got. The Isles need to add like $20 mill just to get to the cap floor. The only way I see them signing him is with crazy money.

Thats just silly. Markov, I don’t really care about, but 4.6 for Bieksa is very fair. There is no doubt that another team would have thrown more money at him.

Why is it so tough for Wing fans to see that Vancouver is another team “guys want to play for…”?

Posted by
vancitydan
on 06/29/11 at 02:50 AM ET

The price for UFA defensemen is always pretty crazy, no matter what else is going on. It’s just that this year there is the cap floor going up, combined with a dearth of available players, and this year Red Wings fans actually notice because the team needs one of the players in demand. The last several years all the team has been doing is plugging spare holes, so they could laugh at other teams throwing money at someone like Brett Lebda.

This season they are in the uncomfortable position of needing to fill a hole they thought they had filled with Rafalski for another season, and it is easier to notice the costs when you are in the position of paying them.